20th Century Art & Design

Auction Details

Treadway/Toomey Galleries, announces their Sunday, May 15th, 20th Century Art and Design Auction located at the John Toomey Gallery in Oak Park Illinois. Included are over 1000 lots of furniture, lighting, metalwork, pottery, and glassware from the Arts and Crafts/Art Nouveau period through a broad range of Modern Design, as well as a selection of fine European and American paintings, prints, and sculpture. The first session will feature several important Gustave Baumann woodblocks, an early Gustav Stickley chest of drawers, and a nice selection of Frank Lloyd Wright furniture and other Arts & Crafts designs. A fine collection of Handel lamps as well as European and American Art Pottery. There is also a large selection of metalware and a nice assortment of Arts & Crafts prints. Session two include a mixture of traditional and modern paintings by such artists Carl Krafft, Theodore Steele, James Beckwith, Charles Dahlgreen, John Hardrick, Lawrence McConaha, William Eyden, Tunis Ponsen and others. Fine sculptures by Ettore Colla, and others The third and final session of the sale, 1950s/Modern. Such designers as, George Nelson, Thaden-Jordan, Eames, Noguchi, Paulin, Harvey Probber, , Knoll, Mies van der Rohe, Paul Frankl, Higgins, Wormley, Paul McCobb, Scarpa, Frank Lloyd Wright, Finn Juhl, and much more.
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Newcomb College tile, painted floral design 101Newcomb College tile, painted floral design
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Newcomb College tile, painted floral design covered in a high glaze, executed by Sadie Irvine,#RI95,4.5in.w
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
Sold to floor for 375.00
Newcomb College vase, swamp lilies102Newcomb College vase, swamp lilies
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Unusual Newcomb College vase, rare carved and painted swamp lilies design in blue and purple, executed by Henrietta Bailey, marked #RK23,6in.h
Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
Sold to floor for 3,250.00
Gustav Stickley library table 103Gustav Stickley library table
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Good Gustav Stickley library table, rectangular top over two drawers with original iron hardware, tapered legs with thru-tenon construction, fine orig
Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
Sold to floor for 1,600.00
Arts and Crafts chand elier, brass frame  104Arts and Crafts chand elier, brass frame
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Arts and Crafts chandelier, brass frame with caramel colored slag glass over a green glass border, original chain and cap, cleaned patina,19in.w x 19i
Estimate : 900.00 - 1,200.00
Sold to floor for 650.00
Weller hanging fixture, geometrical design  105Weller hanging fixture, geometrical design
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Rare Weller hanging fixture, uplighter with incised geometrical design in green and red on a cream background, replaced electric socket cover,18in.dia
Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to floor for 1,500.00
Gustav Stickley trestle table,#637 106Gustav Stickley trestle table,#637
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Gustav Stickley trestle table,#637, rectangular top over a thick lower shelf with double keyed tenon construction on a shoefoot base, original finish,
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to floor for 1,900.00
Good Gustav Stickley bookcase,#700 107Good Gustav Stickley bookcase,#700
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Good Gustav Stickley bookcase,#700, single door, harvey Ellis form with leaded panels at top and columns with capitals at sides, arched toe board, fou
Estimate : 9,000.00 - 12,000.00
Sold to floor for 10,000.00
Arts and Crafts table,square top108Arts and Crafts table,square top
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Arts and Crafts table, square top over tapered legs and side slat with stylized floral cutout design, original finish,22in.w x 22in.d x 29in.h,very go
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for 375.00
Stickley Brothers hall chair,#312 1/2109Stickley Brothers hall chair,#312 1/2
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Stickley Brothers hall chair,#312 1/2, three vertical slats under an arched top rail, original rush seat with minor breaks, original finish, 16in.w x
Estimate : 400.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for 300.00
James Hopkins color woodcut, 110James Hopkins color woodcut,
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James Hopkins color woodcut, French Street Scene,Wine Shop, c.1905-14, Cincinnati artist, studied woodblock printing in Japan and worked in Paris, sig
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
Sold to floor for 225.00